Frederick menzer



No. 622,962. Patented Apr. Il, |899. F. MENZER.A

VEHICLE BODY.

(Application led Jan. 27, 1899.)

(No Model.)

W/ TNE SSE S NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.'

FREDERICK MENZER, OF FLINT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF THREE-FOURTHS TO OLARKO. HYATT, HARRY W. WATSON, AND WILLIAM WILDANGER, OF SAME PLACE.

VEHICLE-BODY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 622,932, dated April11, 1899.

Application filed January 27, 1899. Serial No. 703,56 8. (No model.)

To all whom, it may con/cern: l the seat 7, for the purpose of holdingsaid seat Be it known that I, FREDERICK MENZER, 7-in position when usedas a seat.

of Flint, in the county of 'Genesee and State When asingle-seatedvehicle is desired', the

of Michigan, have invented a new and Imbrace 9 is moved down to thebottom of the i5 proved Vehicle-Body, of which the following vehicle, sothat the seat 7 forms a drop for 55 is a full, clear, and exactdescription. the seat 4 when said seat4 is moved to its for- Thisinvention relates to improvements in ward position, and at this time theback 8 will vehicle-bodies, such as buggies, sleighs, and be swungdownward into thebody underneath cutters; and the object is to provide abodyY the seat 4, all as plainly shown in Fig. 2.

to so arranged that it may be easily and quickly When a two-seatedvehicle is desired, the seat 6o changed from a single to a double seatedve- 4 is to be moved back. The back 8 may then hicle or from a double toa single seat. be raised and the seat 7 swung to its horizon- I willdescribe a vehicle-body embodying tal position, and when in thisposition a hook myinvention and then point out the novel ll, extendedfrom the lower portion of the t5 features in the appended claims. backwill engage with a keeper-plate l2 on 65 Reference is to be had to theaccompanying the bottom of the seat 7, after which the brace drawings,forming a part of this specification, 9 is to be placed in position. Itwill be noted in which similar characters of reference indiin Fig. 4that there is a slight space between y cate corresponding-parts-in allthe figures., the back 8 and rear edge of the seat 7, so that zo Figurel is a perspective view of a vehiclesaid back may be moved slightlyforward to 7o body embodyingmyinventi'on. Fig. 2isasecdisengage its hookll from the keeper-plate tional elevation thereof; Fig. 3 is a trans-12. Arms 13 are provided at the ends of the verse section of a portionof the body and seat 7, and these arms kmay Serve as handshowing a seatin elevation, and Fig. 4 is a pieces or handles to be grasped by aperson 2 5 sectional view of a portion of the second or entering thevehicle when the said seat 7 is 75 auxiliary seat. in its loweredposition.

The body l of the vehicle is a box-like con- The walls of the channel10, it is evident, struction having side pieces 2, which extend willform stops to prevent the'falling of the from the rear end to about thecenter of the brace 9 when in position.

3o body. Secured to the innersides of the side Having thus fullydescribed my invention, 8o pieces 2 are guide-strips 3, upon which aseat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters 4 is mounted toslide. On' the bottom of this Patentseat 4 is a box-like structure 5,having chanl. Avehicle-body, a main seat movable lonnels in its ends toreceive the guide-strips 3. gitudinally thereof, an auxiliary seathaving 3 5 It will vbe noted that these guide-strips3 are swingingconnection with the body, a back for 85 l, inclined downward and outwardon their inthe auxiliary seat also having swinging coni ner faces, andthe channels are correspond nection with the body, and meansfordetachingly shaped, so that while the seat may be ablyconnecting theback to the auxiliary seat,

moved freely back and forth on the guides substantially as specified. p

4o it cannot be lifted upward relatively to the 2. A vehicle-body, amainseat movable lon- 9o guides. Therefore safety is assured as relatesgitudinally thereof, an auxiliary seat having to the seat connectionwith the body. swinging connection with the body, a back for Hinged to across-bar 6 in the vehicle-body said auxiliary seat, also having Swinging conis a supplementary seat 7, and also hinged to nection with thebody, means4 for detachably 45 this cross-bar 6 or to the standards atthe end, connecting the back to the auxiliary seat, and 95 thereof is aback S forthe seat 7. A brace 9 a support or brace for the auxiliaryseat, Asubhas the lower ends of its legs pivoted to the stantially asspecified. bottom of the vehicle-body, and the cross-bar 3. Avehicle-body, a main seat movable lon. portion of this brace is designed to engagein gitudinally thereof, an auxiliary seat having 5o a slot or recess 10,formed in the bottom of hinged connection with a cross-bar in the roobody, a back for the auxiliary seat, mounted ed to forma drop for themain seat, and a to swing relatively to said cross-bai', a hook back forsaid auxiliary seat, and mounted to on said back, a keeper on'theauxiliary seat swing into the body beneath the main seat forengagementwith said hook, and a brace independently ofthe auxiliary seatwhen said 15 5 having swinging connection with the body main seat is inits forward position, snbstanL andhadapied tolen'agl in a enannel ftormdtially as specified. ont eun eisiceo teauXiiar sea -su- "f mummy asSpecified. Y. FREDERICK MENAER.

4. A Vehicle-body, a main seat mounted to Witnesses: l xo slide in saidbody, an auxiliary seat having FRANK F. WELLoHEisERj iswingingconneotion with the body and adapt- CLARK C. HYATT.

